Ulick na gCeann Burke, 1st Earl of Clanricarde

Ulick na gCeann Burke, 12th Clanricarde or Mac William Uachtar, 1st Earl of Clanricarde ( ; died 1544; styled MacWilliam, and na-gCeann, meaning "of the Heads", "having made a mount of the heads of men slain in battle which he covered up with earth") was an Irish noble and son of Richard Mór Burke, 9th Clanricarde (d. 1530) by a daughter of Madden of Portumna.

Biography Ulick succeeded his father to the headship of his clan, and held estates in County Galway. In March 1541 he wrote to Henry VIII, lamenting the degeneracy of his family, which had rebelled against England in the mid-14th century, and "which have been brought to Irish and disobedient rule by reason of marriage and with those Irish, sometime rebels, near adjoining to me", and placing himself and his estates in the king's hands. The same year he was present at Dublin, when an act was passed making Henry VIII King of Ireland.

According to Burke's Peerage, he had several other sons, Thomas "the Athlete" Burke (shot in 1545), Redmond "of the Broom" Burke (died 1595), and Edmund Burke (died 1597).

Genealogy

Richard an Fhorbhair de Burgh (d.1343) Sir William (Ulick) de Burgh (d. 1343/53), 1st Mac William Uachtar (Upper Mac William) or Clanricarde (Galway) Richard Óg Burke (d. 1387), 2nd Clanricarde Ulick an Fhiona Burke (d. 1424), 3rd Clanricarde Ulick Ruadh Burke (d. 1485), 5th Clanricarde Edmund Burke (d. 1466) Ricard of Roscam (d. 1517) John mac Richard Mór Burke (d. 1536), 10th Clanricarde Ulick Fionn Burke (d.1509), 6th Clanricarde Ulick Óge Burke (d. 1520), 8th Clanricarde Richard Mór Burke (d. 1530), 9th Clanricarde Ulick na gCeann Burke (d. 1544), 12th Clanricarde, 1st Earl of Clanricarde (1543) Richard Bacach Burke (d. 1538), 11th Clanricarde Richard Óge Burke (d. 1519), 7th Clanricarde Sir Uilleag Burke (d. 1551), 13th Clanricarde William mac Ulick Burke (d. 1430), 4th Clanricarde Edmund de Burgh (d. 1410)

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